When you had sleepovers as a child, what did you call the makeshift beds you made on the floor? In some places, you call those bedclothes and blankets a pallet. This word comes from an old term for “straw.” And: What’s the story...
bed bug n.— «At night, when the residents aren’t wearing their badges, they can still be monitored. Sensors attached to the bed sound an alarm if they get up. It’s fondly called the bed bug.» —“Keeping tabs while keeping...